Polaris Dawn mission
Unfavorable weather: SpaceX launch postponed again
The US aerospace company SpaceX has once again postponed the launch of a mission to conduct the first privately funded spacewalk. The launch was postponed due to "unfavorable weather forecasts for the water landing areas" of the Dragon capsule off the coast of Florida.
The "Polaris Dawn" mission, organized by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, was originally scheduled to launch early Wednesday within a four-hour window from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Previously, the launch had already been postponed from Tuesday morning to Wednesday after a helium leak was discovered. A new launch date was not initially announced by SpaceX.
Six-day mission planned
During the six-day "Polaris Dawn" mission, the astronauts in the capsule will travel up to 1400 kilometers from Earth - further than any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions.
The space travelers include US billionaire Isaacman himself, as well as pilot Scott Poteet and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. Isaacman is financing the "Polaris" program, which comprises a total of three missions, together with tech pioneer Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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